Man, I haven’t heard this for a long time. Amazon has it for $1.99. A bargain for the Lips completist in your house, or even just in your cranium. Sort of got a Syd Barrett does Brian Wilson in the Midwest vibe, with real low, low feedback-y production values. In short, it sounds a lot like the Flaming Lips. I like “Ice Drummer”. Can’t even link to it anywhere. Not a YouTube video or anything. Goes kinda BAH-duh-duh-BUH-Bah-duh-duh-BUH-BAH-duh-duh-BUH-BUH-DAH. With this little twickle-twickle-TWICK guitar on top. If you can imagine it. There are lots of good songs about drummers, if you think about it. Please provide examples in comments, to prove yourself.
I like the fact that the engraving on Jim Woodring’s Nibbus Maximus is so clearly influenced by my own recent work (via boingboing): [click to continue…]